The Christ and Pop Culture Podcast Network

We round out our coverage of the big Oscar players with this week's episode. First up is the World War I epic 1917, which has been wowing audiences by presenting all of its action as one single, unbroken take. Then Wade and Kevin take on Bombshell, which netted acting nominations for Margot Robbie and Charlize Theron for their portrayal of journalists fighting back against the harassment of disgra...

Erin Staza returns this week, along with Kevin McLenithan, K. B. Hoyle, Tyler Burns, Kathryn Freeman, and Tyler Glodjo to solidify The 25 for 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wade and Kevin have spent the last year watching movies, and now they're ready to share which ones they thought were the cream of the crop. With fellow critics Jeffrey Overstreet, Joel Mayward, Sarah Welch-Larson, and Steve Norton sharing their own number-one picks, the guys close out 2019 with a bang in this can't-miss episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The staff at CaPC sit down to shape the Christ and Pop Culture Top 25 cultural artifacts from 2019 that celebrate the good, the true, and the beautiful in pop culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ring in the New Year (a couple of days late) with a new Seeing & Believing! This week, Wade and Kevin review a couple of films that had Christmas releases. Greta Gerwig's Little Women adapts Louisa May Alcott's much-adapted novel; does her perspective set her film apart from the crowd? Meanwhile, Josh and Benny Safdie's Uncut Gems casts Adam Sandler as a self-destructive jeweler who takes the...

In this episode of Persuasion, Erin Straza and Hannah Anderson wrap up their mini-series called A Persuasion Christmas. Each episode features conversation about a specific way pop culture is shaping our mindset and approach to celebrating the season. The first two episodes—A Hallmark Christmas and A Die Hard Christmas—cover all things merry and scary, yet in unrealistic narratives. This installmen...

It is the end of an era as Wade and Kevin visit a galaxy far, far away to see the end of the Skywalker saga with J.J. Abram's return to Star Wars with The Rise of Skywalker . Then the duo takes a short hop back in time to examine the docu-drama from director Clint Eastwood Richard Jewel . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Every holiday season, a heated debate renews over the validity of calling the 1988 movie Die Hard a “Christmas movie.” The action-thriller is about a terrorist plot that takes place on Christmas Eve and is foiled by its hero, played by Bruce Willis. Technically, since the story takes place on Christmas Eve, it is a Christmas movie. The pushback is that it doesn’t have the typical seasonal elements...

Noah Baumbach's new film about a wrenching divorce carries the title Marriage Story , but the new film from Terrence Malick could be titled the same thing, with its narrative of an Austrian couple facing down burgeoning nationalism in their rural village and governmental oppression from the Nazis. Wade and Kevin tackle Malick's latest, probing at its spiritual explorations and discussing Malick's...

Christmas cards, gift wrap, ornaments, decor—Hallmark certainly has a corner on Christmas. But in the past few years, Hallmark has practically owned the Christmas romance space. Its annual Countdown to Christmas begins in late October, when a new film rolls out each day for 40 days and previously released films play 24/7. Hallmark Christmas movies are extremely popular to watch—and to mock for the...

After a few weeks in theaters, Martin Scorsese's latest magnum opus is streaming on Netflix, and the guys are on the case. They examine where The Irishman falls in Scorsese's body of work and discuss the themes that arise in its story of regretful mobsters. Another awards-season hopeful, Trey Edward Shults's Waves , gets the Seeing & Believing treatment as well. Does Shults's story of an black...

What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than with movies about dysfunctional families and the legacy of colonialism? Rian Johnson's crowd-pleasing whodunit Knives Out is first on the chopping block this week—can it live up to its star-studded cast and the promise of a throwback mystery? Johnson's film is followed by a sequel to the movie that launched a thousand memes and childhood singalongs: F...

What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than with movies about dysfunctional families and the legacy of colonialism? Rian Johnson's crowd-pleasing whodunit Knives Out is first on the chopping block this week—can it live up to its star-studded cast and the promise of a throwback mystery? Johnson's film is followed by a sequel to the movie that launched a thousand memes and childhood singalongs: F...

Mister Rogers mania continues into 2019, as the Tom Hanks-starring A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood hits theaters this weekend. Seeing and Believing reviews Marielle Heller's new film and adds an interview with Joanne Rogers herself into the bargain. Wade and Ms. Rogers chat about what it was like to have known and loved the remarkable Fred Rogers, as well as see the outpouring of interest in h...

Pursuing the creative life in the digital age offers plenty of new opportunities and its fair share of challenges. The ease with which digital platforms allow us to reach our audience and share our work breaks down entry barriers that used to keep creators and makers isolated and unnoticed. But that easy access goes both ways—artists are now forced to install security measures for personal safety...

Wade and Kevin continue exploring the supernatural with the novel/movie sequel Doctor Sleep along with indie darling, Light From Light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A common struggle among artists of every genre is finding a way to connect their work with the a wider audience. Finding a way to increase reach and impact is often associated with knowing the right people and having enough funding… and neither of these are a given, even for the most talented creatives among us. The digital age gives us greater access to markets and outlets, but that doesn’t mean...

Seeing & Believing wades into Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit, set in Nazi Germany, and The Lighthouse, from the director of the The Witch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Persuasion, Erin and Hannah continue The Creative Process series with Mike Cosper talking about productivity in creative work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Critic Ryan Holt returns to the show to help Kevin explore the bonkers plot of Parasite and Wade sits down with Wired senior writer Brian Raftery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Angelina Jolie returns in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, and Wade and Kevin also offer their first-time impressions of 1973's classic, The Exorcist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Persuasion has a guest! Sara Groves joins us for a conversation about the role and importance of authenticity as part of our series The Creative Process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Seeing & Beleiving is seeing double this week with Ang Lee's Gemini Man starring Will Smith and Vince Gilligan's El Camino starring Aaron Paul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Persuasion has a guest! Helen Lee joins us for a conversation about voice development, reaching your audience, and handling rejection as part of our series The Creative Process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wade and Kevin take a look at Todd Philips' Joker to see what all the controversy is about. They also offer their review Takashi Miike's First Love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices